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The Recycling Market Development Zone (RMDZ), a program
of the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB), provides low
interest loans and marketing assistance to businesses that process
recyclable materials or use them in their products. The County of San
Joaquin, including its seven cities, comprises one zone. RMDZ offers
information on sustainability for all San Joaquin County businesses through
programs such as Green Team San Joaquin, the Green Sustainable Business
Certification, green.edu, and Buy Local, Buy Green.
San Joaquin County is one of 40 designated recycling market
development zones within California. The RMDZ program, developed by the
California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB), works with local
jurisdiction to help them meet their 50 percent landfill diversion goals.
San Joaquin County RMDZ Mission
To divert significant quantities of recovered resources from
San Joaquin County's landfills by stimulating usage of recycled materials
by manufacturers by helping create local markets for recyclables and products
made from recyclable materials.
What is RMDZ?
- A three-way partnership between your business, local
government, and the California Integrated
Waste Management Board (CIWMB)
- A nexus of local landfill diversion and economic
development efforts
- Loosely modeled after federal and state Enterprise Zones
- A program that gives you a competitive edge
What RMDZ Does for You
- Low interest loan program up to $2 million
- Active business development
- Increased demand for collected materials, not just
diversion
RMDZ Key Benefits That Work
- Local, continuous and increasing demand for materials
diverted from landfills
- Industrial jobs and tax revenues
- Net reduction in transportation costs to get materials to
market
- Goes beyond "Command and Control" aspects of AB 939
Who are the Players?
- The Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce, Zone Administrator
- San Joaquin County Department of Public Works, Solid Waste
Division
- California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) and Business Assistance Staff
- Technical Assistance Division: technical assistance and
program liaisons to zone administrators
- Loan divisions pre-screening and processing of loan
applications
Zone Administrator
- Pivotal link between CIWMB and recycling-based business
- "Local sales office" for the program
Recycling-based Business
- Competent, motivated processors and manufacturers willing
to initiate or expand use of recycled feedstock
- Usually the biggest risk, take in an RMDZ loan deal
Our thanks to Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce for the
RMDZ information.
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